Friday, September 6, 2013

Paper Smooches Trend Watch Challenge Sept 2-8

Hello everyone! Today I have a very fun project to share with you! Paper Smooches is having a challenge on their blog this week and it's their Trend Watch Challenge!

This weeks inspiration comes from this photo:

Our challenge was to create anything with flowers. So with that being said, here is the card I created:

I didn't have any Paper Smooches flower stamps so I dug deep in my mind and came up with this! For this card, I actually used 3 different Paper Smooches stamps sets. They are: Bee Mine, Giddy Bugs and Perpetual Bliss. I used 1 heart stamp from the Perpetual Bliss for one of the flowers, Bee Mine I used one heart for the second flower, the squiggly line for the flower stems & the lady bug. And for Giddy Bugs, I used the butter fly, motion stamp and the sentiment. Wheeeeww!!! That was a lot of description for this quick and easy card! I used Studio Calico Snippets 6x6 paper pad for the grass, diamond stickles for the butterfly wings, recollections bling for the flower centers and glossy accents for the two hearts. Did a quick wash of copic colors on the butterfly and used a lot of my blender!

I think it turned out soooo cute! I love the squiggly lines for the flower stems! It makes them look so whimsical! I will definately use that combination again! This just goes to show that you can create a lot more with stamps you have on hand already! I could have went and bought a new set with flower images, but instead I used my creativity and came up with this super cute layout!

Make sure you hop on over to the Paper Smooches Sparks blog HERE to participate in this challenge or any others AND for tons of inspiration!!!!

1 comment:

OHHHH! I LOVE that you used some hearts for flowers- that's super clever! You nailed the flower trend-- this card is ADORABLE:) THANKS so much for joining in the fun and playing along with the Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge!! Hope you will play along this week-- it's a SKETCH:) <3